Monday, November 28, 2016

"Good Night, Moon"


The new moon

28.3 day old moon

1.6 percent lit

There is nothing wrong with dreams, but, everyone wants a "Shake 'n' Bake" atmosphere for any other planet that seems  within reach of liquid hydrogen (click here). What happens when space explorers run out of liquid hydrogen? Every planet and planetoid has a gravity. What happens when space explorers run out of liquid hydrogen as they seek the next inhabitable planet in the next solar system?

November 27, 2016
By Amy Shira-Teitel

"Could We Create A Livable Atmosphere on the Moon?" (click here)

For many years, scientists thought the moon had no atmosphere at all. Turns out that's not quite the case. The moon has a very thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, that's about 100 trillion times less dense than our own life-giving blanket of gases.
There are two main components to maintaining a decent atmosphere. You need enough gravity to keep everything in place. But you also need a kind of planetary force field to keep the solar wind at bay. Happily, Earth has both. Sadly, the moon has neither....